Blatter seeks relegation for teams with racist fans

FIFA President Sepp Blatter said he wants clubs with racist fans to be docked points or be relegated, three days after a black player in Peru walked off the field

HK OBSERVER: From the ivory tower

Considering he’s one of the highest paid officials in the world, you would think he could spell his job title correctly. Who? Our gaffe-prone financial (sic)secretary who opened a Facebook

Thursday, March 5, 2015 – edition no. 2263

* Ung Vai Meng praised as he prepares for another 3-year term * Agnes Lam: gender issues still marginalized * Macau Wine and Dine Festival kicks off * China to boost military budget

The Buzz | Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge tribunal charges 2 new suspects

Cambodia’s U.N.-backed Khmer Rouge tribunal has indicted two more suspects, risking a confrontation with the country’s prime minister, who has warned against adding new defendants. The tribunal announced yesterday that former

World briefs

CHINA A bus carrying an opera troupe fell off a cliff in central China yesterday, killing 20 people and injuring 13, state media reported. The accident happened early yesterday in

Dot-com déjà vu Nasdaq tops 5,000, approaching record high

The last time the Nasdaq was this high, Bill Clinton was president, your Internet connection was probably still dial-up and the iPod, iPhone and iPad didn’t exist. Fifteen years later the

Gaming | February revenue almost halves

Macau gaming revenue almost halved in February as a crackdown on corruption in China kept high-­stakes gamblers away during the peak Lunar New Year holiday period. Gross gaming revenue in the

Woman’s body found on Hac Sa beach

The woman, surnamed Huang, was 58 years old. Her death is now under investigation, the PJ stated. In a separate inquiry, Macau Customs confirmed to the Times that they were

Statistics | Merchandise imports decrease by 1.2 pct

Total merchandise imports decreased by 1.2 percent year-on-year in January to MOP8.53 billion. Figures released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) show that the merchandise trade deficit amounted to

Cooperation | Taskforce charged with Zhongshan-Macau linkage

The Taskforce for the Promotion of Zhongshan-Macau Cooperation has created six working groups to coordinate specific projects for its middle- and long-term development. On 28 February, Lionel Leong, head of

UnionPay bogus transactions reach MOP260 million

Chinese and Macau authorities further restricted the use of China UnionPay Co.’s debit cards at casinos last year, since some gamblers had been illegally using UnionPay cards to obtain cash

Baccarat championship breaks world record

The gaming competition, which took a year and a half to prepare, broke two Guinness World Records for “greatest prize money for a baccarat tournament” and “greatest prize money for

Portuguese IT companies eyeing Macau

Called “The Future Pavilion,” the fair is being held at Friendship Square until Friday. Created by the National Association of IT and Electronics Companies (ANETIE), the LoginPT fair aims to capture

MICE | Revamped education expo back in town

The Tertiary Education Services Office (GAES), together with The Venetian Macao, will hold the ‘International Higher Education Exposition of Macao’ at the Cotai Expo for three days starting on March

One Shot News

Fortunes affected by gaming revenue slump

Macau’s gaming revenue, which fell 48.6 percent year-on-year last month, appears to have influenced local casino tycoons’ fortunes, as indicated by ‘The World’s Billionaires list,’ published yesterday by Forbes. One of

Chinese rushing to buy property for Portugal visa get burned

Billboards in Chinese at Lisbon’s international airport peddling luxury properties leave little doubt about who is buying real estate in Portugal. While the ads offer a chance at securing a so-called

Goldman partner who called Japan’s demise sees similarities with China

Forecasts for China to surpass the U.S. as the world’s main economic power are misplaced. So says an observer who foresaw Japan’s eventual demise a year before its land-price bubble

Corporate Bits | World champion boxer Amnat Ruenroeng meets Sands China employees at the Venetian

“The Junior Hotelier at Sheraton Macao is a special program that takes edutainment to new heights,” explained Mr. Josef Dolp, Sheraton Macao Hotel, Cotai Central Managing Director. “It is a

Prince William focuses on football and film on mainland trip

Britain’s Prince William focused his China trip on promoting links between the countries in football and film yesterday, watching students kick balls around with Premier League-trained coaches before attending a movie premiere. The

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